Advisory name

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Netscape 7.02 Client Detection Tool plug-in buffer overrun

Affected software

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Netscape 7.02 for Windows

Problem description

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Netscape 7.02 (and probably earlier versions) contains Client Detection

Tool plug-in that handles application/x-cdt Mime type. One of this plug-in

routines suffers from buffer overrun. To exploit this issue one needs to

send mail message to victim with attachment that has specifically crafted

filename and entice the victim to double-click it. When the victim double

clicks the attachment then attacker's code is executed in context of

victim's user account. Proof-of-concept exploit is published in whitepaper

"CDT plug-in bug: exploit in ASCII":

http://jimmers.russia.webmatrixhosting.net/whitepapers/CDTbug.pdf

Mitigating factors

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Attacker must know OS and length of victim username to exploit this issue.

Also proof-of-concept exploit assumes that user runs Windows with default

settings.

Resolution

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Manually remove CDT plug-in (npcdt.dll) from Netscape /components folder

or upgrade to latest version of the browser that has CDT plug-in removed.

Vendor status

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Netscape was notified. Netscape considers this bug as "internal" so no

patch will be released.

Copyright (c) 2003 Martin Rakhmanov.

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